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Period: Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century Indonesian Carved Wooden Seated Gentleman
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious early 20th century Indonesian carved wooden seated gentleman.
This is Beautiful bit of ‘treen’ carved most likel...
Category
Indonesian Folk Art Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Genuine carved bone statue from the Lega tribe, DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine statue from the Lega tribe DR Congo carved in bone
Tribal using traces and aged tribal patina
Heigth 10 cm
The Lega people (or Warega) are a Bantu ethnic group of the Dem...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bone
Batak Ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia Oceanic Asian Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Batak ritual Mortar Sumatra Indonesia
A Fine Batak Tribal ritual mortar carved in dense hard wood with Sinhga head
A impressive and rare object of colle...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Old Tribal Cubist Squatting Spring Figure Nepal Early 20th Century Namaste Asia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old weathered cubist squatting tribal carved wood Spring Figure with hands raised in namaste position. Wonderful open form figure with hands in front of chest and great profile. Thes...
Category
Nepalese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
African Shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia Early 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
African shield Wallaïta from Ethiopia, early 20th century.
Base: 40 x 17cm.
Category
Ethiopian Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Leather
Pair of Tamberma Shields on Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of wonderfully sculptural early 20th century handwoven wicker shields from the Tamberma people of Togo, mounted on custom steel stands.
Category
Togolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wicker
$3,150 Sale Price
25% Off
Rare Baule Male Spirit Figure (Blolo Bian) — Early 20th Century
By Baule Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
Rare Baule Male Spirit Figure (Blolo Bian) — Early 20th Century
Origin: Baule people, Côte d’Ivoire
Period: Early 20th century (circa 1900–1930)
Material: Hardwood with dark ritual p...
Category
Ivorian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Twentieth-Century African Madonna
Located in London, GB
This early twentieth-century African Madonna figurative sculpture from the Makonde culture in southern Tanzania, close to the border of Mozambique, exhibits a wonderful sense of move...
Category
Tanzanian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Ethiopian Carved Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
So as not to muss their intricate hairstyles while sleeping, Ethiopian women would traditionally rest their heads on these petite wooden stands. The combination of conic base and con...
Category
Ethiopian Primitive Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Ibibio Polychrome Face Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa colorful
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on top with one hand on top of head, other holding stom...
Category
Malian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$2,065 Sale Price
30% Off
Old Tribal Stone Squatting Spring Figure Nepal Early 20th Century Namaste
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Tribal stone squatting spring figure with hands raised in namaste position, traces of clay and incrustation, expressive carved face. These were protective figures used in Nepal. ...
Category
Nepalese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
$1,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Tribal Chair from Nigeria
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A low slung African stargazer chair carved from one piece of wood, having three (3) legs.
Category
African Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Nias 'Kalabubu' Coconut & Brass Headhunter Necklace
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This 'Kalabubu' necklace, also known as the 'head-hunter' necklace made out of coconut and brass is the most important ornament for the men of Southern Nias Island, North Sumatra...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
Genuine wooden mask from the Punu tribe, Gabon , first half 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
The Punu or Bapunu, are a Bantu meta-ethnicity of Central Africa, mainly in Gabon and a small population in Republic of Congo They are one of the four major people of Gabon, inhabiti...
Category
Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods. It was used in Wayang...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Large Antique Wooden American Mortar and Pestle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large wood antique American mortar and pestle.
Early 19th c. Americana turned wood footed mortar and pestle.
American, late 19th century wooden mortar and pestle...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Kusu (Tribal) currency from Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in Winnetka, IL
Three Kuso Currency pieces known as Boloko are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are made from forged iron and were used as currency in commerce. Today, they are sculp...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Genuine copper mask from the Dinga / Ding tribe DR Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine mask hammered in copper from the Dinga / Ding tribe from the south of DR Congo
Early 1900, but probably older
This kind of anthropomorphic masks are called "ngongo munene"...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
Kuba Ceremonial Raffia Textile Panel with a Hat from Lesotho Tribal Art Drc
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Kuba ceremonial raffia textile panel
Together with a hat from Lesotho
Ceremonial textile panel,
Woven raffia-velvet cloth square panel with geo...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Set of Five Iron Phallus Fertility Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful set of five early 20th century iron phallus figures from Togo. Fertility figures like these were planted in the ground of a farmer's fiel...
Category
Togolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
$2,400 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Abstract primitive head Fragment of a Dogon Sculpture."
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A beautifully patined Dogon fragment of a head sculpture. Because of its natural wear perhaps even being more abstract and natural. As African art inspired the European modernist mov...
Category
Malian Primitive Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ethno Design Standing Human Skeleton Sculptured in Wood, South East Asia
Located in Leuven , BE
The sculpture dates from the beginning of the 20th century and has a wonderful patina.
Category
Burmese Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Koulango Female Ancestral Statue, Ivory Coast, Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
The hard wood of this female Koulango statue, from the Ivory Coast in the early 20th century, has developed a beautiful black patina. With hands resting on the abdomen, and the neck ...
Category
Ivorian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine woven fiber ring support for a container from the Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
By Tutsi People
Located in Bilzen, BE
Basketry base for a ceramic pot called "INGATA" from the Tutsi people, Rwanda and Burundi
Fine weaving quality from the beginning of the 20th century
Outside diameter 12.5 cm
Provena...
Category
Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic modernist early 20th century Dan Peoples stool from Ivory Coast, carved from one piece of wood with a simple hourglass form, and the most wonderful p...
Category
Ivorian Modern Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,350 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Yoruba Tribal Maternity Offering Bowl Figure Chicken, Nigeria Africa weathered
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Blessed by time, an early beautiful Yoruba female figure with baby riding on back, presenting an offering bowl in the form of a chicken with a removable top. Great Yoruba mother's face with scarifications and an excited baby. Areas of heavy wear, erosion and insect damage, especially to the two figures supporting the bowl, top of the chicken bowl...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Sweet Bird Topped Carved Wood Bambara Wood Door Lock, Mali Africa Mounted
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A very sweet small sized carved wood bird topped door lock from the Bambara people of Mali Africa. Originally would have had a horizontal sliding cross bar lock, now missing.
Mount...
Category
Malian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$595 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan
The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
Important Statue Of The Yaka Tribe, Dr Congo, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
Important statue of the Yaka tribe, DR Congo from the beginning of the 20th century with a strong expression
Fair tribal patina
Height 35.5 cm
Provenance: Rob Vervoort (Belgium)
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Bamileke Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Like other African everyday ceramics, Bamileke storage pots are revered for their simple forms yet astonishing beauty. Each is hand shaped and fired in the open. They are generally s...
Category
Cameroonian Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Afro Caribbean Fine Wood Carving Male Ancestral Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Exceptionally beautiful museum quality wood carving of a male ancestral figure with perfectly aged original surface color patina. Ink stamped on underside West Indies and old paper l...
Category
Unknown Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Prestige Cloth, Dida People, Ivory Coast
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century prestige cloth, Dida people, Ivory Coast
Raffia, natural dyes
An engaging example of resist-dyed prestige cloths, this raffia fragment is professionally mounted o...
Category
Ivorian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia
Edan Staffs for Ogboni Society, Yoruba People People, Nigeria, 20th century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pair of Bronze & Iron Ogboni Society staffs from the Yoruba People, Nigeria, early 20th century.
Among the Yoruba, in southwestern Nigeria, there was and still is the Ogboni secret s...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Nepal Himalayan Butter Churn Handle, Early 20th Century with Heart Shape
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old carved wood Nepal, North India or other Himalayan culture butter churn handle called a ghurra. Created in the early 20th century. The handle with braided columns rising to a h...
Category
Nepalese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Beaded Betel Bag, Sumatra, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sumatran beaded betel bag made of glass trade beads from early to mid-20th century.
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Beads
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba
'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints'
produced from great use.
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,100 / set
Antique Tajik Silk Embroidered Ruband Bridal Veil
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Ruband veils such as this example, which are hand-embroidered in silk on a cotton foundation, were used to cover the bride's face when she moved to the groom's house, as well...
Category
Tajikistani Suzani Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Nepal or Tibet Ghurra Churn Handle Carved Woven Knot, Old Worn Dark Patina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old carved wood Nepal, North India or other Himalayan culture butter churn handle called a ghurra. Created in the early 20th century. The handle with finely carved knots rising to...
Category
Nepalese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana 'Bambara' People, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana (Bambara) People, Mali
Chiwara headcrests represent the antelope spirit who taught the Bamana people ...
Category
Malian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Tribal Wooden Nepalese Beaker Milk Pot with Handle
By Kuba
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large hand carved tribal wooden beaker Nepalese milk pot with handle.
Early 20th century antique tribal milk pot with incised pattern.
This rustic milk pot wa...
Category
Nepalese Folk Art Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ciwara Bambara headdress in carved wood and basketry, Mali, Early 20th century
Located in NICE, FR
A very pleasing Ciwara crest, singularly small and accompanied by its original headdress, depicting a stylized antelope leaning on a pangolin. The antelope is ridden by a woman, and white horsehair has been added to the tips of the horns. The piece is carefully sculpted, with notches decorating the bodies of the antelope and the pangolin.
Rattan, plant fiber, cowries, wood Very fine velvety mat patina, Circa 1950
An animal called Ciwara is said to have taught the Bambara how to cultivate the land, and during agrarian ceremonies, they recall the myth through the stylized representation of an antelope whose name ci wara...
Category
Malian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Unique African Armrest Hand Carved Hardwood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unidentified hardwood species/ Hand carved from a single, hardwood armrest.
This armrest was constructed by the Dinka People of the Republic of South
Sudan.
Typically, these headres...
Category
South Sudanese Brutalist Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine wooden carved Statue / Bust Of The Yaka Tribe, Dr Congo, 1900-1920
Located in Bilzen, BE
Genuine Statue / bust Of The Yaka Tribe - Dr Congo,
Early 20th century
Tribal aged patina
Mounted on a wooden base
Total height 22 cm, figure height 15.5 cm
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Bronze of a Mythical Lion Beast
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An antique unusual cast bronze of a Mythical lion beast.
Bursting with character, the lion standing foursquare with his long tail curled back on itself.
Cast bronze.
Tribal Afric...
Category
African Folk Art Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Fine Cast White Metal Bracelet Classic Sculpture Form
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century cast mixed white and brass metal bracelet from the East Africa, possibly connected to the Arab states. Beautiful cast geometric design around outside ...
Category
Zambian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Batak Spiral Silver Earring 'Padung'
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These large spiral brass earrings, crafted from a single thick brass wire are called 'Padung', a type of earring worn by the Batak Karo Tribe from northern Sumatra, Indonesia. This l...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Brass, Silver
$1,545 / set
Wooden Spice Box, Tribal Engravings & Sliding Top, Nias, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This spice box comes for the Island of Nias, Indonesia. Dating to the early 20th Century it was crafted from a single block of wood. It features a sliding lid, has an elegant wood te...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Carved Wood Miniature Baule Bush cow Mask Stand Ivory Coast Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old carved miniature wood mask with traces of red and green pigment, from the Baule people of Ivory Coast, Africa. Representing a bushcow, and dating from the early 20th century. Mas...
Category
Ivorian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Bronze Pendant. Gan, Burkina Faso
Located in London, GB
This crescent-shaped bronze pendant, features a central abstract figure. Below the figure, two stylised small birds perch in the middle of the pendant. Throughout, the surface of the...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It was used in Wayang puppet...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Akha Hill Tribe Silver Cuff Bracelet, Golden Triangle
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An Akha Tribe Woven Silver Bracelet with spiral design. This Tribal bracelet encompasses tradition Hill tribe silversmithing techniques with each silver str...
Category
Thai Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Silver
Karaut 'Pectoral' Ornament, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This piece is an excellent example of an adornment used by Abelam warriors to frighten their enemies. They are held in a warrior’s mouth for courage and to intimidate their adversary...
Category
Papua New Guinean Other Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Terracotta Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terra cotta object was part of the Bura tribe's burial ritual. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
Category
Nigerien Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Terracotta
Tutsi Beaded Prestige Staffs
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A group of six beaded wood Tutsi and Hutu ceremonial objects, the green striped one second from right is a knife, the others were used as staffs by elite members of the Tutsi and Hu...
Category
Rwandan Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton, Glass, Beads, Wood
$3,500 / set
Antique carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1900-1920
By Yoruba Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria
Strong expression face
Early 20th century
Rich tribal aged patina
Heigth 12 cm, diameter 12 x 13 cm
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Stool/seat From The Triby Mangbetu Dr Congo, Early 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A classical Mangbetu tribal chair, North Congo
Carved from a single piece of wood, in good condition with tribal age and signs of use.
Early 20th Century
Tribal aged patina
Height 17...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Old and Well Used Luba Wood Medicine Mortar with Classic Face, DRC Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old and well used Luba wood medicine mortar with classic carved Luba face, DRC Africa.
The mortar is heavily worn and polished outside from many years of use, and the inside shows de...
Category
Congolese Tribal Early 20th Century Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$975 Sale Price
35% Off